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Peltola announces big fundraising haul, signaling an expensive Senate race in Alaska

Elections Yereth Rosen, Alaska Beacon -
Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola announced on Monday that her campaign raised $8.9 million in the first quarter of the year.
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Airline attendants protest Alaska U.S. Sen. Sullivan’s support of SAVE Act

Federal Government Matt Acuña Buxton -
Chilly weather and a tight connection were nothing for the Alaska-based flight attendants who gathered outside U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan’s Anchorage office on Friday.
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2.5 million Americans lost food aid in months after passage of GOP megabill, study finds

Federal Government Alaska Beacon -
At least 2.5 million low-income people quickly lost help affording groceries under a Republican-passed law that added new requirements for the nation’s largest nutrition program.
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Murkowski’s thrilled about drilling under Trump, everything else not so much

Federal Government Matt Acuña Buxton -
“Nothing is going better for Alaska than resource development.”
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The wrong approach to putting Alaska first

Commentary The Alaska Current -
This commentary was originally published in the Juneau Independent and republished here with permission. There’s a new 15-second ad out that claims “Dan Sullivan always puts Alaska first.” Don’t be fooled. If he hadn’t been putting the interests of President Donald...
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Sullivan support group claims $1 trillion cut strengthens Medicaid

Federal Government Dermot Cole -
This story was originally published by Dermot Cole, Reporting from Alaska. Sen. Dan Sullivan voted last summer for the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act that cuts Medicaid by nearly $1 trillion over a decade and provides $1 trillion in tax benefits...
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The secret life of Sen. Dan Sullivan

Commentary Victoria Petersen -
Sen. Dan Sullivan doesn’t like being portrayed as a weak-kneed politician.
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The health ‘transformation’ fund touted by Republicans isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

Federal Government Matt Acuña Buxton -
At his annual address to lawmakers last week, Sullivan touted the Rural Health Transformation Fund as a landmark achievement.
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Sullivan defends support for SAVE Act despite harm to Alaskan voters: ‘I’m also a senator for America.’

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton -
Congressional Republicans are pushing ahead with a measure to overhaul the nation’s elections.
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Sullivan voted to cut Medicaid by $1 trillion

Commentary Dermot Cole -
“So I think you were the guy,” an irritated Sen. Dan Sullivan said to Sen. Forrest Dunbar Wednesday, “that asked me last year about Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security.”
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